Iguassu Falls can be seen from both Argentina and Brazil, and if you can not be bothered to read the blog, then I will just tell you now. I prefer the falls from the Brazilian side.

Argentina
We spent the first day after our 17 hour bus journey not really doing a lot. It came quite apparent that there was not much to do in the town, apart from obviously seeing the waterfalls. Our tour bus picked us up in the morning and then when our tour guide started speaking to everyone, it was just in Spanish, and how we laughed as well. The way it was going to work was that after he spoke to the majority, he would quietly talk to us in English as we were walking along. We didn't mind that as we didn't have to pretend we were listening for huge periods of time that way. He would say things like "ok, I didn't really say anything important so just enjoy the waterfalls" which was clearly not the case, as he had been speaking for a good 10 minutes to the Latin Americans.

We saw the Devils throat early in the morning, and I began to realise that when the experts say "the Argentinean side gives you a close up of the falls", what they really mean is that you will get bloody soaked. Having a back up camera really did come into good use, as I didn't need to risk getting my half decent camera ruined by sudden gush of water.

We then took various walks to different lookout points of the falls. The calmness of the water at the top is quite interesting when you look down and see the sheer immense power of water gushing down, thus creating the most spectacular views of rainbows hovering over the falls.

We went to lunch and had a BBQ buffet which seemed to consist of endless amounts of steak and beef, HAPPY DAYS.

The two lads I was with all of the day (as I was most of the week) kept me entertained as per usual. Aaron, the Oxford Graduate, was more interested in taking pictures of butterflies than he was of the falls, and the Loughborough kid who has travelled half the world has never owned a camera. The exact quote from him was "I don't need a camera as its all in my head, well I concur that I probably have forgotten a lot of the things, but I've forgotten it all so it doesn't really matter". GENIUS.

To end the day on the Argentinean side, we went right up close to the falls, but barely got wet this time. Aaron had only just bought a camera himself so he was making full use of it asking me to take a picture for him. He soon stopped asking after I politely told him if he asked one more time, the camera was getting thrown in to add to the great the piece of art that was Iguassu Falls.

Brazil

People say that the view in Brazil gives the great overview of the falls, in comparison to the Argentina side where you are close up, and feel part of the whole waterfalls experience. They're not wrong to be honest. Even though it probably does sound quite a cliché when trying to analyse Iguassu falls, the Brazilian side really does give you the grand spectacle. I have managed to publish so many more quality pictures from the Brazilian side compared to the views of the falls from Argentina. You only need a couple of hours there though as there is not much to do, apart from being quite snap happy.

After getting some good pictures, and eating yet another fantastic buffet, off I went back over to Argentina. In the space of four hours, I was yet again about to go through the most relaxed border in South America. They didn't check my bags, they just had a quick look at the passport, gave me another stamp, and off I went.

A lot of people I met in Buenos Aires seemed to appear at the hostel that afternoon, so I decided to let the receptionist at the hostel ring the bus company and ask if I could change my ticket to another date. Unfortunately, the ticket seemed to have been misplaced by someone in the hostel, so I was left with a choice; either going on that day and show my passport as proof of identification or pay for another ticket all together. I said bye to everyone five minutes later, and off I went, back to good old Buenos Aires.

Iguassu Falls for me was one of the best things I did on the trip, and apart from one person, I have yet known anyone who dislikes it. It truly is a natural wonder of the world.